Card case



Jan. 4 1927. 1,613,380

E. -H. BROOMHALL CARD CASE Filed Nov. 2'7. 192a INVENTOR.

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Patented Jan. 4, 1927.

EDWARD n. B'nooMHALL, or nannrsiauae. rmvnsriivanra.

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Applicationfi-led November 537', 1925. Serial No. 712,802.

My invention relates to covers for cards, and more particularly tocovers into which receipts, bills or bank notes and other such articlesmay be deposited. It has among its many objects One object is to providea cheap and convenient combination card case, with means therein forholding the contents therein, and at the same time permitting the sameto be partially or wholly removed. therefrom.

Another object is .to provide a neat, du rable cover that will hold itscontents secure therein, and which may be replenished from time to timeas may be necessary. And a means for holding secure any memos or otherpapers that may be placed under the retaining band.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, further objects andadvantages Will appear as the description of the invention ishereinafter developed.

Referring to the drawing wherein is shown What is now considered to bethe preferred form of my invention z- Fig. l is a perspective of thecover in an open position to show the construction and arrangements ofthe same before cards are placed therein; and

Fig. 2 is a side view of the cover or card retainer.

My card case consists of any flexible material, preferably a leatheroblong, section that has its ends turned in, as shown at 4:. so as toform a binding for the outer edges 5, and then is folded over at 6 uponitself, so as to form a top 7 and a bottom cover 8. The length of thetop and bottom covers are of such length as to fit a predetermined sizecard and at the same time to accommodate a folder bank note or othermemorandum that may be placed therein.

To the bottom cover I prefer to suitably secure by one or more rivets,9, a separate section 10 which is of such length when placed in positionas to have the end 11 eX- tend a distance on the lower cover, and itsfree end 12 extend beyond the rivets 9 so as tofold over when the cover7 is closed upon the contents.

Various means have been employed for holding contents permanently andtemporarily within the binding covers, b'ut'in my device it is desiredto have an elastic covered braid band 1.3 extend around the separatesection it) and having its ends secured to the separate section 10 by asuitable wire staple or other means that will readily hold the two partstogether and prevent displace ment when the band 13 is lifted to placecards or other matter thereunder. By this means the contents under theband 13 is held secure to the separate section 10 and is wholly freefrom the cover; in other Words, the contents held by the separatesection 10 and the elastic band 13 is free from the bottom and topcovers 8 and 7 respectively, and are only kept within the cover byreason of the rivets 9.

By constructing a cheap, readilycon-I. venient means for holding anycontents that you desire to preserve for ready reference, my cover willpermit the insertion and removal without inconvenience or injury to thecontents.

Another object of my invention is to provide a holder into which asuitable quantity of loose leaves may be placed and securely held inposition for writing upon, while at the same time any or all of saidleaves may be easily removed and replaced by others.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawing, the construction, mode of operation, methods andadvantages of my invention will be readily apparent, it is thought,without going into various other details of its uses.

In accordance with the provision of the patent statutes, I have hereindescribed the principal form of my invention which I now consider torepresent the best embodiment thereof; but I desire to have itunderstood that the invention can be carried out in other ways'than thatshown and described; for

instance, in lieu of an elastic braided band,

a spring such as a coiled spring flattened and secured, the separatesection would act as well, and accomplish every purpose that the elasticbraided band does. But all are intended to come within the scope of theclaim. While my hinder or cover may be used as a card case, it isequally adapted for a loose leaf binder and for other purposes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire topiotect by Letters Patent, is i V A card case comprising two sheets ofn1aterial of unequal lengths and foldable one within the. other, theinner sheet being folded to provide sections of unequal lengths, and theouter sheet being folded to provide sections of substantially equallengths, the lenger section of the inner sheet being per manentlyattached to the adjacent section of body of cards lhereon, and thefolded porthe outer sheet an inherently resilient band tions of theinner sheet constituting the retained between the longer end of the in-('ontainer for the cards, and the folded porner sheet and the adjacentportion of the tions oi the outer sheet constituting tll outer sheet andextending over the long end cover for the container and cards;

of the inner sheet at a point adjacent to but In testimony whereof heaffixes his signanot engaging the terminal of the short end ture.

of the inner sheet to receive and retain a EDWARD I-L'BROOMHALL.

